The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-01-20
GOV. TAYLOR's ADDRESS.
The Manly Utterances of Progressive
Young Democrat and Statesman.

zens: By the continued favor of !,
Almighty God, ruler of nations, in
whom we trust, we are still permit
Jed, as united country, to enjoy
he blessings of liberty and peace.
The free and Independent citizens
Of this commonwealth have again
their sovereign will in
the choice of new chief servant,
and you have this day met to give
effect to that choice by formally |
clothing him with the chief execu-
tive authority derived through the
ballot-from the only true and
rightful source of all political pow
er-the people.
While l, as the chosen instru-
ment of this power, am truly CRATE
full for the distinguished honor con-
ferred upon me, ! am, nevertheless,
keenly sensible of the grave respon
sibilities of the-trust am about to
assume. The highest interests that
pertain to the we'll being of all the
people Of a great state are, in a
large part, soon to be committed to
my charge. Standing thus upon
the threshold of new adminlstra-
ton, l deem it my duty in conformi-
ity with established usage, to al
lude briefly and in general to some
of the affairs of chief interest to the
people.
Tennessee needs more wealth,
more taxable property, more reve-
nues and lighter burdens of taxa
ton. Tennessee needs an extended
system of railroads and macada-
mixed pixies, whose ramifcations
shall penetrate every nook snd cor
ner of her rich territory. Tennes-
see needs free school system un-
der which every child in the state
can be educated.
| Tennessee possesses within her
territorial limits ample resources
to meet all her necessities and make
her prosperous, rich and powerful.
1t would, therefore, seem that the
true sources of our growth, pros
perity and greatness lie in the i'm
provement and extension of our ia
Critics for ansportation and loco
motion, and in the practical and
thorough development and utiliza-
, ton of our natural resources in ag-
riculture, mines and manufactures.
Upon these depend almost every in
terest of the people and the gov
eminent; the moral, social and in
tellectual condition of the massos
, the activity Of trade and com
2 merce; the diversifcation, remu.
: neration and contentment of labor
the friendliness and ,liberality OF
capital, and lastly, the financial
= status Of the commonwealth. Our
, geographical position insures al
, most all those conditions most fa-
yorable TO the highest state of civ.
, illzation and the greatest material
, prosperity. We have mii nit. an. anc
, salubrious climate, a rich and gen
8 erous soil, and variety and at
Effectiveness of natural sceneries.
said to be unsurpassed in any other
D state or country on the globe.
r We have large areas of virgin for
. est, comprising valuable and use
: full woods, exhaustless deposits O
/ iron ores-the maganites and hem
atltes-vast coal fields, immense
beds Of limestone, quarries of mar
!, BILE of the best and most beautiful
E kinds, mines of manganese, lead
zinc, copper and possibly the pre-
! cious metals. We can produce
, abundant crops of cotton, hemp
fax, wool, tobacco, all the cereals
and all the fruits, vegetables anc
q grasses known to the temperate
q zone.
p Our natural facilities and ad
vantages for manufacturing are be.
: liesed to be second to none in any
other.section Of the union. 1t seems
: TO me that with all these natura
2 resources and advantages at hand
, AID with fresh and vigorous spir.
it of industrial energy and enter
prise aroused in our people re-en-
forced by immigration and capital
from other sections Of the country,
our possibilities as state are we'll
nigh incalculable. 1t seems to me
We ought to deem it our highest
duty, as officials and as citizens, to
enact laws and adopt and practice
such policies as will best promote.
encourage and stimulate the build
ing up of our domestic Industries
and the thorough development of
our natural wealth. by a develop
ment and consequent increase of
available wealth and taxable prop
erty we could increase our revenues,
We could tighten the burdens of
taxation, we could meet our inter-
est without strain, we could east
ly pay our debt when due, and we
could establish and maintain a
splendid system of free schools for
the education of all the children of
the state.
The times seem ripe for the de-
velopment of Tennessee. The pro-
gressive spirit of the age demands
it, the onward march of the new
south requires it. 1t may be con-
summated In the near future.
Great thoroughfares will be carved
through the unused treasure fields
of the state; labor and capital will
unlock the dark and silent cham
bers of the slumbering coal and
iron, they will call them forth into
the glorious light of day to meet
and embrace in the nuptial fires of
Thousand furnaces! born
towns and cities, teeming with pop
ulation and wealth, with multiplied
machine shops and factories, will
be the offspring of their union. All
the arts, industries and trades will
flourish, agriculture will receive
fresh momentum, the energies of
the people will be aroused into full
activity and new era of growth and
prosperity will be established
Throughout the length and breadth of
the state. Indeed, if we compare
the present with the not distant